Covers I would Do.

On a walk I rediscovered the massive amount of James Taylor music on my iPod, which got me thinking about the music I listened to as a very young child when my mom would play me oldies songs in the car on the way to school, and virtually all of which I still love passionately. And like the amateur singer I am, I started to imagine which songs I'd cover, and how I'd do them, if I went to do an entire album of favourites a la Mandy Moore. To make things interesting, I restricted myself to stuff that my Mom played for me during those childhood years, limit to one or two songs per artist, and to try as hard as I could to stay away from the most famous songs of the artist (with several exceptions). And so for the pure indulgence of my ego, here is the song list for my own personal Covers album, if I could do it:

1. Save the Country (Laura Nyro)
2. Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King)
3. Urge for Going (Joni Mitchell)
4. Flowers are Red (Harry Chapin)
5. Desperado (The Eagles)
6. Won't Hold You Back (Toto)
7. Fire and Rain (James Taylor)
8. Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard (Paul Simon)
9. I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) (Aretha Franklin)
10. Got To Get You Into My Life (The Beatles)
11. Don't Stop (Fleetwood Mac)
12. Your Mother Should Know (The Beatles)
13. God Only Knows (The Beach Boys)

14. Soldiers (James Taylor) [Hidden Track]

So yeah. I'm going to spend the next several days listening to nothing but oldies, I think. Which will put me in a fantastic mood!